“Building a prosperous and sustainable socialism is not possible without energy development, a highly topical issue impossible to disregard now that the world is facing the crisis caused by climate change,” Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, deputy prime minister of Cuba, said at the opening of the 2nd Renewable Energy Fair, attended by guests from more than 30 countries and domestic and foreign universities and enterprises engaged in the rational and efficient use of renewable energy sources
He remarked that Cuba needs to guarantee people’s access to clean energies, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, which is a government priority, even if the use of renewable sources in the country is still insufficient.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged to strengthen popular participation in the search for local development solutions and to keep protecting socialism, working hard and promoting the exemplarity of cadres in a message that he posted on the occasion of his meeting with municipal People's Power leaders, who reported about the visits of permanent working commissions to several provinces to check the implementation of measures for the benefit of the population, as well as the existing local potential and needs of resources.

 A delegation of the General Customs Office of the Republic of Cuba (AGR) presided by its head Nelso Cordovés Reyes will participate in the 139th and 140th Sessions of the Council of the World Customs Organization (WCO), to be held in Brussels, Belgium on June 23 to 25.

Colorful mosaics, railings rid of all rigidity to become leaves and flowers that speak of the beauty of turn-of-the-century architecture and Cuban life in general mark Nestor Marti Delgado’s latest photographic exhibition Huellas del Art Nouveau (Traces of Art Nouveau) at Vitrina de Valonia in Havana's Old Section.

The 2nd International Renewable Energy Fair opens its doors Wednesday at Havana’s PABEXPO exhibit ground in an effort to attract foreign investment in the sector.

Cuban universities are currently promoting projects in the area of renewable energies and energy efficiency said Higher Education Minister José Ramón Saborido in Havana.

 Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, held a meeting today with the director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Gerd Müller.

 One of the challenges of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment ( MINCEX by its Spanish acronym) is to continue unblocking all obstacles to the opening or development of businesses with foreign capital, especially now that new economic actors such as MSMEs can participate in these activities.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla participated today at the 1st Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), where he reiterated the island's firm commitment to nuclear disarmament.

Delegates to the 2nd International Renewable Energy Fair 2022, to be held June 22-24, will begin today the pre-event activities at the Palco Hotel in Havana.

Cuba ratified today at the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council its full commitment to the equality and empowerment of women, and the protection and promotion of all their rights.

Expocaribe 2022, the second most important Cuban trade fair after the Havana International Fair, takes place this week in Santiago de Cuba with the attendance of representatives of 17 nations (a figure that can be increased), 260 local companies and foreign personalities.

The president of Belgium’s House of Representatives Eliane Tillieux and the secretary of the Cuban Parliament Homero Acosta agreed in Brussels to strengthen bilateral links between their parliaments.

Cuba reiterated its commitment to the promotion and defense of the people’s right to universal healthcare during the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva Switzerland.

The Cuba-Mexico Business Forum 2022 will be held at the Hotel Nacional in Havana on July 14 and 15.